“Annie” Lyrics - Vanessa Carlton

Lyrics

“Annie”


Watch her as she flew

Deep within the blue

A day out from the county I see you


There’s nothing you can do

Someone gently says to you

The doctors says that now it won’t be long


Try and live up to the moment

And I hope that I don’t blow it

What is it in me that she hears

It’s just a song she likes

Her little arms around my neck

And the dying girl whispers in my ear


Tell me now can you feel it

I’ve been keeping company with a ghost

She comes to me like a piece of summer

She comes to me on the days when I need it most

Summer dies and nothing lasts forever

You were so fine

The way you stand up to your fears

Summer dies and it’s just moments we have together

I give my bones

For you to get a few more years

For you and me

Oh Annie

More in life than trying to survive

Oh Annie


My boyfriend took pictures of me as I held you

I travel alone

And the loneliness brings me to tears

The summer dies

And there’s just moments we have together

I give my bones for you to get a few more years

For you and me

Oh Annie

More in life than trying to survive

Oh Annie


Stronger than the hands that hold you

Sing along to the song on the radio

If I drank too much, then I’ll admit there’s just

This once I to forget hold on and days gone by


Tell me now, can you feel it?

I can’t keep this all to myself

She’s elegant

And she needs me


Years for you and me

Oh Annie

More in life than trying to survive

Oh Annie


Watch her as she flew

Deep within the blue

Watch her as she slips away from you

I’ll keep fingers crossed always for you